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IN March 1839, the historic little screw-driven vessel S.S. Archimedes began her trials in the River Thames. A month or two later she visited Portsmouth, and afterwards made voyages around the ...

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Beyond mathematics, the day also serves as a fun excuse for those less interested in numbers but passionate about ‘pies’ – both savoury and sweet. The value of pi was first determined by one of the ...

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The first accurate calculation of π was conducted by Archimedes of Syracuse around 250 BC. The famous mathematician used the Pythagorean Theorem to find that the number was between 3 1/7 and 3 10/71.

But the most significant pi research might have come from the astronomer, Archimedes, around 250 B.C. His mathematical calculation showed that pi was "between three and one-seventh and three and 10 ...